Read the fucking article and when your little troll eyes get to:
The other 20 percent? Gaming consoles like Xbox 2 and the next generation of Sony PlayStations will likely include DVR technology
You'll understand why this isn't a plug for MS, but an unbiased article on a site that just happens to be owned by MS. Believe me, I'm sure that if MS was censoring articles on Slate, you would never see mention of PS, who right now is MS's biggest competitor in the gaming console wars.
.. I signed up for the yearly subscription thinking that I probably wouldn't use it for more than a year so why pay 200 bucks for a lifetime membership.
Well, over two years later and I'm still loving my Tivo. I use it more than any other AV component I own and I couldn't imagine not having it.
The devotee will even use TiVo as a verb You can't buy that kinda of brand name recognition. ie q-tip, xerox
And compared with a VCR or DVD player, a TiVo is difficult to set up and maintain
Difficult to setup is accurate, but I'm not sure what is hard to maintain. All you have to do is watch TV shows and click on delete if you don't like them. Hit Thumbs up to stuff you like and thumbs down to stuff you don't. Not generalizing women, but my wife, who isn't that computer saavy has already learned how to bump her Season Passes over mine. I don't think it's difficult at all.
If TiVo does fall by the wayside, it will leave behind a throng of adoring fans
I use my phone company's Privacy Manager feature. Since we started using it, we hardly get any spam calls anymore. It's definately worth the 4 bucks a month.
This one time my brother and I were eating some plums from the fridge and apparently they were for my Nana. So my Mom comes in the kitchen and starts screaming that we shouldn't eat Nana's fruit... "What do you think, they grow on trees!?"
.. and get on board with my idea for space rubberband.
Inspired by RoadRunner cartoons and a 6 pack of beer, I was able to sketch out a design that would launch anything we wanted into space without fear of terrorist attack.
1) Dig hole 2 miles deep. 2) Build giant rubberband 3) Stretch giant rubberband over hole 4) Put cargo on top of rubber band. 5) Tie Star jones to rubber band 6) Drop Big Mac in hole 7) Jones drops. At the low point, right when the rubber band stops stretching, special release latch disengages Star Jones from rubber band thus saving Star Jones for next launch. 8) Cargo goes shooting up into space 9) Star Jones eats Big Mac making increasing thrust for next launch.
Yeah, I know I know.. after a few launches I would have to switch it up with KFC, Taco Bell and BK.
[Sadly, a coworker had to help me with the physics]
Anyone know the email to Nasa so I can get them working on this?
I couldn't agree more. This guy is just suing to get some money.
He's obviously not too bright picking on an airline business too. I doesn't make much sense suing an industry that's practically going out of business.
After all, how many handicapped parking places does the mall need?
You ever see the people that park in handicap spots? It fucking pisses me off to no end seeing some perfectly fine person get out and park in one of those spots.
Maybe by looks alone, you can't tell if someone is handicaped, but from what I seen, someone needs to verify that handicap license plates are going to the proper people that really do need them.
Audrey's make a perfect dumb terminal for web applications and you can problably put it on a shelf by your home entertainment system. I keep my Audry in the kitchen so I can pull up recipes too.
foreach $criminal (@fbiTopTen) {
1. Download $criminal iso image from Kaaza
2. Clone
3. Put $criminal in enhanced growth chamber.
4. Get Lunch
5. Take $criminal to FBI and collect ransom }
.. but in my experience, boards with integrated video cards don't have an onboard AGP slot. Which means if you ever wanted to upgrade your graphics card, you'll be forced to get an PCI card. Now, that is bad!
Site is/. so oh well. Man, when is/. going to develop mirror.slashdot.com ?
if ($site is down) {
$link = "mirror.slashdot.com"; }
Mod me down, like it or not, the reason why we can extend our sphere of influence to other countries is simply because we can. 40% of my paycheck doesn't go to the government [defense/offense] for nothing.
If Russian gave a shit, why don't they stand up and say something? I don't see ANY mention of ANY Russians officials who are upset about the US hacking into their systems. In face, WTF is as "foreign computer network" anyways?
It figures that/. anti-american posters would feed on an post like this. Why don't you spend your time and defend someone that isn't a criminal that had their rights lost, country hacked, whatever, because of American's sphere of influence.
Mod me down, I don't give a shit, I have excellent Karma so my posts will continue to come out +2. I'm just sick and tired of all the anti American comments.
Man, there must be a lot of foreign/. viewers to get a 5 insightful.
This is the country which wants to bomb another one into the ground on the basis that it ignores UN resolution
No, it wants to enforce the UN sanctions that Iraq has agreed to. Iraq can very simply avoid being "bombed into the ground" if it simply let the weapon inspectors in. One doesn't need more than a half of brain to realize that they aren't going to let inspectors in because they are violating their agreement and are trying to build weapons of mass destruction. Too bad it's not the 1930's and you can comment on how it's ok for Germany to build up it's army again.
The vast majority of the rest of the world has already come to the conclusion not to take the US seriously, this is just icing on the cake.
Man, you are just spewing heretic now. The rest of world is joining the US in enforcing the UN sanctions against Iraq. Maybe China isn't donating a few billion troops to help, but they aren't opposed either since they are just staying out of it like they did in 1991. I'm not sure what country you are from, but when Iraq gets a nuke and the US unveils it's SDI system, I'm sure you'll be running over on your hands and knees to come under our umbrella of protection.
I must have joined after the depot opened in NYC because I have great turn around time. In face, the only lag I have found is with myself making time to watch the movies.
I thought I would actually run out of videos to rent after a few months but I still have 15+ in my rental queue.
A lot of people compare Netflix to the BallBuster monthly plans but the beauty of Netflix is that you don't have to go the video store with all the other morons and walk around like an idiot trying to find a video to rent. I can just sit back and relax on my laptop, read reviews and pick the videos I want to see. Since I always have three videos in my possession, I never have to worry about getting movies for a rainy day.
Not to totally bash BallBusters, but check this out:
Q: Does BLOCKBUSTER edit the movies in the store? A: No, Blockbuster does not edit the content of its films. But whenever able, Blockbuster will order 'edited for content' versions from the studios that go light on displays of violent or sexual nature.
There is no mention of this tactic anywhere on their website, and the worst part is that most of the rentals don't mention anywhere on the packaging that the consumer is about to rent a lighter version than the one playing nationwide in theaters. We waited until movie night and tested these findings. An agent of ours rented "The Wonder Boys". This one actually said right before the movie "this film has been edited for content." Boy did we feel jilted. Naturally, we would have never rented the thing if it said on the box "edited for content." We marched back to Blockbuster and politely but firmly asked for our money back, which we received without a problem.
.. pr0n. I'm too embarrased to go the back of the local video store to rent pr0n and the times I have, there was always some weird guy reading the boxes like they were Shakespeare sonnets.
I remember this one time I rented Boobie Babes or something like that and all my luck the 16 year old girl working the counter couldn't get it to scan so she had to call the manager. I'm not sure if minors are allowed to help you rent p0rn, but it should be illegal!
Anyways, nowadays I just download crappy videos from Kazza.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks;-) Of course, you'll get modded down because god forbid anyone tries to say anything positive about MS on/.
might as well mention it: the little $30 camera attachment is just a novelty. Its postage stamp sized pictures are amusing, but practically worthless
From what I read, you can use the camera to take pictures of your friends and families and then associate that picture to caller id. After setting it up, when you receive a call, it will show the person's face.
Albeit, 30 bucks seems a little much for crappy pictures and you probably can just import your own picture.
One thing I really do like about the sidekick is the service plan which is flat rate, unlimited usage. The treo plans are all pay per meg.
Yeah.. is it illegal to start a spark plug company and sell spark plugs for cars you don't manufacture yourself?
Conrgrats, this is probably the stupidest/. post I have ever read. You should have said "Yeah.. is it illegal to start a company that "redials" odometers on cars?" and I would have said. "Duh"
Slashdot Mirror
Read the fucking article and when your little troll eyes get to:
The other 20 percent? Gaming consoles like Xbox 2 and the next generation of Sony PlayStations will likely include DVR technology
You'll understand why this isn't a plug for MS, but an unbiased article on a site that just happens to be owned by MS. Believe me, I'm sure that if MS was censoring articles on Slate, you would never see mention of PS, who right now is MS's biggest competitor in the gaming console wars.
.. I signed up for the yearly subscription thinking that I probably wouldn't use it for more than a year so why pay 200 bucks for a lifetime membership.
Well, over two years later and I'm still loving my Tivo. I use it more than any other AV component I own and I couldn't imagine not having it.
The devotee will even use TiVo as a verb
You can't buy that kinda of brand name recognition. ie q-tip, xerox
And compared with a VCR or DVD player, a TiVo is difficult to set up and maintain
Difficult to setup is accurate, but I'm not sure what is hard to maintain. All you have to do is watch TV shows and click on delete if you don't like them. Hit Thumbs up to stuff you like and thumbs down to stuff you don't. Not generalizing women, but my wife, who isn't that computer saavy has already learned how to bump her Season Passes over mine. I don't think it's difficult at all.
If TiVo does fall by the wayside, it will leave behind a throng of adoring fans
*sniff*
I use my phone company's Privacy Manager feature. Since we started using it, we hardly get any spam calls anymore. It's definately worth the 4 bucks a month.
This is off topic, but on thread so bare with me.
This one time my brother and I were eating some plums from the fridge and apparently they were for my Nana. So my Mom comes in the kitchen and starts screaming that we shouldn't eat Nana's fruit... "What do you think, they grow on trees!?"
We just laugh and scream back, Yes!
.. and get on board with my idea for space rubberband.
Inspired by RoadRunner cartoons and a 6 pack of beer, I was able to sketch out a design that would launch anything we wanted into space without fear of terrorist attack.
1) Dig hole 2 miles deep.
2) Build giant rubberband
3) Stretch giant rubberband over hole
4) Put cargo on top of rubber band.
5) Tie Star jones to rubber band
6) Drop Big Mac in hole
7) Jones drops. At the low point, right when the rubber band stops stretching, special release latch disengages Star Jones from rubber band thus saving Star Jones for next launch.
8) Cargo goes shooting up into space
9) Star Jones eats Big Mac making increasing thrust for next launch.
Yeah, I know I know.. after a few launches I would have to switch it up with KFC, Taco Bell and BK.
[Sadly, a coworker had to help me with the physics]
Anyone know the email to Nasa so I can get them working on this?
It inspires me also. Good post.
Some people worry about terrorists attacks but that shouldn't stop us from building it.
In fact, if done correctly as an multi national effort, with Russia, China, etc, an attack on the elevator would be an attack on all nations involved.
Besides, screw the mile high club and start working on the zero-g club!
I couldn't agree more. This guy is just suing to get some money.
He's obviously not too bright picking on an airline business too. I doesn't make much sense suing an industry that's practically going out of business.
After all, how many handicapped parking places does the mall need?
;-)
You ever see the people that park in handicap spots? It fucking pisses me off to no end seeing some perfectly fine person get out and park in one of those spots.
Maybe by looks alone, you can't tell if someone is handicaped, but from what I seen, someone needs to verify that handicap license plates are going to the proper people that really do need them.
Just a rant
Check it out here
Audrey's make a perfect dumb terminal for web applications and you can problably put it on a shelf by your home entertainment system. I keep my Audry in the kitchen so I can pull up recipes too.
.. my friends and I play quake that is networking through my septic's leech field.
So what if it smells like shit and it's outside, it's still better than routing all those pesky cat 5 cables.
I'll admit that sometimes we get some bad throughput so we have to feed Big Joe some beans to get the system going again.
@fbiTopTen = wget("http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/topten/fugitives /fugitives.htm");
foreach $criminal (@fbiTopTen) {
1. Download $criminal iso image from Kaaza
2. Clone
3. Put $criminal in enhanced growth chamber.
4. Get Lunch
5. Take $criminal to FBI and collect ransom
}
Profit!
.. but in my experience, boards with integrated video cards don't have an onboard AGP slot. Which means if you ever wanted to upgrade your graphics card, you'll be forced to get an PCI card. Now, that is bad!
/. so oh well. Man, when is /. going to develop mirror.slashdot.com ?
Site is
if ($site is down) {
$link = "mirror.slashdot.com";
}
Yeah, good source. I like this headline on their site:
Sensation: Cities Found on the Moon!
Really? I thought your sister looked pretty cute in it ;-)
Laf, who would be foolish enough to try?
/. anti-american posters would feed on an post like this. Why don't you spend your time and defend someone that isn't a criminal that had their rights lost, country hacked, whatever, because of American's sphere of influence.
Mod me down, like it or not, the reason why we can extend our sphere of influence to other countries is simply because we can. 40% of my paycheck doesn't go to the government [defense/offense] for nothing.
If Russian gave a shit, why don't they stand up and say something? I don't see ANY mention of ANY Russians officials who are upset about the US hacking into their systems. In face, WTF is as "foreign computer network" anyways?
It figures that
Mod me down, I don't give a shit, I have excellent Karma so my posts will continue to come out +2. I'm just sick and tired of all the anti American comments.
Man, there must be a lot of foreign /. viewers to get a 5 insightful.
This is the country which wants to bomb another one into the ground on the basis that it ignores UN resolution
No, it wants to enforce the UN sanctions that Iraq has agreed to. Iraq can very simply avoid being "bombed into the ground" if it simply let the weapon inspectors in. One doesn't need more than a half of brain to realize that they aren't going to let inspectors in because they are violating their agreement and are trying to build weapons of mass destruction. Too bad it's not the 1930's and you can comment on how it's ok for Germany to build up it's army again.
The vast majority of the rest of the world has already come to the conclusion not to take the US seriously, this is just icing on the cake.
Man, you are just spewing heretic now. The rest of world is joining the US in enforcing the UN sanctions against Iraq. Maybe China isn't donating a few billion troops to help, but they aren't opposed either since they are just staying out of it like they did in 1991. I'm not sure what country you are from, but when Iraq gets a nuke and the US unveils it's SDI system, I'm sure you'll be running over on your hands and knees to come under our umbrella of protection.
Oh how easily our "allies" forget...
Unless you want to rent a recently released game, then it's 6 bucks for 2 days. What a rip off.
I must have joined after the depot opened in NYC because I have great turn around time. In face, the only lag I have found is with myself making time to watch the movies.
I thought I would actually run out of videos to rent after a few months but I still have 15+ in my rental queue.
A lot of people compare Netflix to the BallBuster monthly plans but the beauty of Netflix is that you don't have to go the video store with all the other morons and walk around like an idiot trying to find a video to rent. I can just sit back and relax on my laptop, read reviews and pick the videos I want to see. Since I always have three videos in my possession, I never have to worry about getting movies for a rainy day.
Not to totally bash BallBusters, but check this out:
Q: Does BLOCKBUSTER edit the movies in the store?
A: No, Blockbuster does not edit the content of its films. But whenever able, Blockbuster will order 'edited for content' versions from the studios that go light on displays of violent or sexual nature.
There is no mention of this tactic anywhere on their website, and the worst part is that most of the rentals don't mention anywhere on the packaging that the consumer is about to rent a lighter version than the one playing nationwide in theaters. We waited until movie night and tested these findings. An agent of ours rented "The Wonder Boys". This one actually said right before the movie "this film has been edited for content." Boy did we feel jilted. Naturally, we would have never rented the thing if it said on the box "edited for content." We marched back to Blockbuster and politely but firmly asked for our money back, which we received without a problem.
.. pr0n. I'm too embarrased to go the back of the local video store to rent pr0n and the times I have, there was always some weird guy reading the boxes like they were Shakespeare sonnets.
I remember this one time I rented Boobie Babes or something like that and all my luck the 16 year old girl working the counter couldn't get it to scan so she had to call the manager. I'm not sure if minors are allowed to help you rent p0rn, but it should be illegal!
Anyways, nowadays I just download crappy videos from Kazza.
After reading some more of the fine print, I also noticed that the camera attachment is free.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks ;-) Of course, you'll get modded down because god forbid anyone tries to say anything positive about MS on /.
Laf! Short simple and to the point.
*cheer*
might as well mention it: the little $30 camera attachment is just a novelty. Its postage stamp sized pictures are amusing, but practically worthless
From what I read, you can use the camera to take pictures of your friends and families and then associate that picture to caller id. After setting it up, when you receive a call, it will show the person's face.
Albeit, 30 bucks seems a little much for crappy pictures and you probably can just import your own picture.
One thing I really do like about the sidekick is the service plan which is flat rate, unlimited usage. The treo plans are all pay per meg.
Go for it dude. Just figure out how to make your own mod chip and you can back up all the shit you want.
Yeah .. is it illegal to start a spark plug company and sell spark plugs for cars you don't manufacture yourself?
/. post I have ever read. You should have said "Yeah.. is it illegal to start a company that "redials" odometers on cars?" and I would have said. "Duh"
Conrgrats, this is probably the stupidest